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<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Ben Johnson</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A craft beer and burger chain called JL Beers is opening its first Twin Cities location next to Keegan’s Pub on April 23.</p>
<p>JL Beers will have 40 different beers on tap, 30 available in bottles, and another 15 in cans. The food menu is a simple, fast-casual concept with cheap burgers, fries and chips. It’s a 21-plus venue, although owner Mike Wright noted that other JL Beers locations do lots of takeout orders for families.</p>
<p>The restaurant is located in the former home of the Minneapolis Fire Department Repair Shop at 24 University Ave. NE. It was built in 1910 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p>
<p>This will be the eighth JL Beers location. Other locations have been concentrated in North Dakota, South Dakota and Moorhead since the first JL Beers opened in Fargo in 2009.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 22:21:43 +0000Ben Johnson22703 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/opening-soon-jl-beers#commentsBurger and craft beer restaurant coming soon to Northeasthttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/burger-and-craft-beer-restaurant-coming-soon-to-northeast
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Ben Johnson</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A new restaurant featuring a large selection of craft beers and inexpensive burgers will be opening sometime this winter at the corner of 1<sup>st</sup> Ave. NE and University Ave.</p>
<p>JL Beers is expanding to the Twin Cities after opening six location in North Dakota, South Dakota and Moorhead since 2009.</p>
<p>The restaurant will be a 21+ venue and will have dozens of craft beers from around the country on tap.</p>
<p>Its food menu is similar to Five Guys or Smashburger, with a variety of burgers available for under $5 and toppings, dips, fries and chips available as add-ons.</p>
<p>JL Beers will be run by Mike Wright, Ted Coulter and John Glockner, three longtime friends with decades of retail and restaurant experience.</p>
<p>Wright owns five Famous Dave’s locations in St. Cloud and the Dakotas, including the 2011 Famous Dave’s restaurant of the year in Sioux Falls. Coulter has worked for Wright since 2001, and Glockner is the former vice-president of Patio Town and a high school friend of Wright’s.</p>
<p>Next spring they anticipate opening a small patio in front of the restaurant.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:59:08 +0000Ben Johnson21532 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/burger-and-craft-beer-restaurant-coming-soon-to-northeast#comments